The LANA TURNER Only I Knew
Closer US|December 25, 2023
A FRIEND RECALLS THE DREAMS, REGRETS AND HOLLYWOOD TALES OF THE CELEBRATED BEAUTY
The LANA TURNER Only I Knew

In the late 1970s, Lana Turner sometimes dropped by the Beverly Hills Hotel for a drink. “I saw her sitting in the corner and glanced over,” recalls Darwin Porter to Closer. “There was no one else in the bar. She said, ‘Why the hell don’t you get your a-- over here, I don’t have goddamn leprosy!’ That’s how we became friends.”

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